fannie wash williams-arterberry
1872-1932
Life Story
Fannie Wash Williams-Arterberry was born in approximately 1876 in Newton County, Mississippi, to Mary Wash (1844-?). Around 1889, at the age of about fifteen, she married Andrew Williams (1865-1910), and from this union, thirteen children were born. The children were as follows:
- Minnie Williams (1890-?)
- Elbert Williams, Sr. (1891-1979)
- Albert Williams (1891-?)
- Louisa Williams (1894-?)
- Mance Williams (1896-?)
- Clara Williams (1897-?)
- Andrew Williams, Jr. (1899-?)
- Vera Williams Jones (1902-1988)
- Ora Williams (1903-?)
- Mary Williams (1904-?)
- Lee Williams (1907-?)
- Exel Williams (1908-1988)
- Arena Williams (1908-?)
Fannie’s husband, Andrew, died before the 1910 census was taken, leaving Fannie to rear their children alone. Fannie provided for her children through farming and rented a house on a farm. The 1920 census shows three additional children of Fannie, though the identity of their father is not known. The children were as follows:
- Walter McCarty (1917-?)
- Cassie R. McCarty (1918-?)
- Hazel L. McCarty (1919-?)
By 1920, Fannie had remarried Melvin Arterberry (1878-?). The household included some of Fannie’s children as well as Melvin’s children from his earlier marriage to Ella (1880-?). Fannie passed away in 1932 and is interred at the graveyard of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church.
Resting Place
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Graveyard
Photos/Albums
Sources
- 1880 Federal Census
- 1900 Federal Census
- 1910 Federal Census
- 1920 Federal Census
- 1930 Federal Census
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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